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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1940
Page
2
In 1939 North Carolina public schools served about 900000 pupils with 24500 teachers over 160 days at a cost near 25000000 dollars. Four thousand three hundred buses carried 320000 students on 6000 routes to 1400 schools, with no student fatalities. Teachers earned on time. all-steel buses and safety upgrades are planned.
Morning update shows mixed precipitation with snow flurries in the north and mountains. NC and SC expect mostly cloudy, colder conditions with snow flurries today and Tuesday. VA and GA anticipate light snow on coasts and frost with colder, unsettled conditions into Tuesday. Winds from Sand Y Hook to Hatteras and Hat to Jacksonville shift from west to northwest, bringing overcast skies and scattered precipitation tonight and Tuesday.
Capus M. Waynick, High Point editor and former Highway Commission head, will address Guilford and nine nearby counties at Winston-Salem on January 11. The meeting at the Robert E Lee Hotel, part of a 19 district tour, gathers oil industry members and highway transport interests to discuss taxation and fund diversion issues.
Western coastal town of Vaasa bore the brunt as 24 to 30 Russian planes dropped over 100 bombs in four raids within an hour. Helsinki reported planes overhead but no bombs fell. other struck towns included Tampere Ekenas Lovisa Turku Borga and Hyvinka amid widespread raids and uncertain civilian casualties.
Mr and Mrs C D Cannoy of Kernersville route one welcome Ella Marie born at Guilford General Hospital at 12 30 pm making the couple the first parents of the new year.
A water tank explosion at Trinity School yesterday morning damaged the brick shed and shook nearby homes. The 1500 gallon tank blew its end and fractured the brick housing and roof. Principal F D McLeod said the school will reopen on Thursday and the tank replacement will be the major repair cost.
Chicago nurses announce Norine O Toole born one second after midnight and a second newborn, Della Feely, 30, 30 seconds after. Hartford mother Stedman Stearns welcomes a girl as Pittsburgh fashion counts twins, a girl at one minute and her sister three minutes later.
In 1906 and 1907 Israel Ludlow conducted early experiments in over-water aviation using a large kite like glider towed by tugs, marking among the first such tests in the United States.
Amid the month long war in Finland, renewed appeals were issued in the United States for funds to relieve suffering. High Point saw a single contribution that day, as sponsors urged broader giving to expand relief. The local tally shows 169.80 dollars previously raised plus 2.00 from D H Greer.
High Point schools will reopen on Wednesday morning as originally scheduled, ending the Christmas holiday period. Superintendent Charles F. Carroll Jr. announced the plan today.
Paul Ingle calls on High Point wholesalers retailers and service firms to cooperate with the 1940 Business Census starting January 2. He notes prior surveys in 1929 1933 and 1936 and explains the census will cover about three million U S firms and provide a basis to measure local and national growth while assuring figures cannot be used for other purposes.
The admiralty said the Ajax was not aiming to enter for repairs after the clash with the Admiral Graf Spee. Foreign Minister Alberto Guani said no decision had been reached, but the Ajax may remain two or three days.
Three thousand Thomasville pupils return to classes Tuesday after a two week vacation. Professor J N Hauss says influenza cases exist but will not delay opening unless conditions worsen. Local officials note no postponement yet despite illness reports.
Forgeries of famous paintings exposed through photography show variances in brushwork and media between older and modern works, highlighting discrepancies in technique and materials used by artists across periods.
A tighter steering feel may indicate the front brakes are sticking or dragging, causing increased resistance and uneven braking performance. Check calipers and pads for sticking hardware and ensure proper clearance for normal operation. Regular inspection helps prevent reduced efficiency and component wear.
A historical report states women account for one tenth of the 45 billion cigarettes consumed in England in a single year, indicating gendered patterns in smoking.
Canada holds third place among world gold producers when Philippine output is excluded from U S figures, reflecting strong mining activity and production capacity across the Dominion.
Center presents Swanee River starring Don Ameche Andrea Leeds and Al Jolson with showings at 1 30 3 32 5 34. Br oadhurst screens Beware of Spooks with Joe Brown and Mary Carlisle at 1 26 3 02 4 38 6 14 7 50 9 26. Paramount offers Honeymoon in Ball featuring Fred MacMurray Madeline Carroll with times 1 20 3 25 5 23 7 29 9 30. Carolina shows Union Pacific with Joel McCrea Barbara Stanwyck at 1 27 3 24 5 20 7 21 9 30. Rialto screens Spawn of the North with George Raft Dorothy Lamour Henry Fonda at 11 02 1 04 3 06 5 08 7 10 9 12.
Rev H O Miller, pastor at Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church, urged listeners to oppose police coercion of confessions in a sermon titled The Good Fight. He warned jurors against convicting when confessions were obtained by grillings and urged living righteously to ease a funeral tribute.
Piedmont Camp number 62 Woodmen of the World will install a new slate led by R C Gaddis on Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the hall 308 North Main Street. The slate includes M L Wise W S Atkins Edgar Johnson Jack McCain Paul Carroll and others with several new candidates to be conferred for degrees.
The President's Birthday Ball, a longtime charity event for infantile paralysis, will be hosted jointly by Thomasville and Lexington at the Thomasville Woman's Club building on Tuesday night January 30. Chairs are Mrs. Paul R. Raper for Lexington and George L. Handley for Thomasville, with John Peddicord and his Winston-Salem orchestra providing music. Tickets go on sale soon and more details will follow.
Beaufort sheriff said four men and a woman are being questioned in the fatal shooting of Charles Adams, 25, of Morehead City. Adams was shot during a brawl at a resort on Money Island Beach between Atlantic Beach and Fort Macon. Those held are Harvey Fillingame, Charles Fillingame, Guion Smith, Stella Butter{y}.
Northern and eastern Anatolia endure more floods and aftershocks after last week's tremors. The disaster has killed about 40 000 people with hunger and cold boosting death tolls as survivors raid relief crews in Erzin. Trains carrying the wounded from Erzincan to Ankara are halted by quake damage and snow while soldiers clear the tracks. An Erzincan survivor in Ankara described the city as a necropolis buried in ruins and snow with hundreds missing.
France orders 6000 tons of mutton from Argentina as part of a food import deal. London plans to plant vegetable gardens in parks to boost urban agriculture and food resilience.
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